Improvement in card-holders



m1111111 JUL 181871 UNITED STATES PATENT OEEIcE.

EDWARD STWART, OF FORT MADISON, IOWA.

IMPROVEMENT lN CARD-HOLDERS.

Specification forming part of Letters Patent No. 117,120, dated July 18,1871.

To all whom t may concern:

Be it known that I, EDWARD STEWART, of Fort Madison, in the county ofLee a-nd State of Iowa, have invented a new and useful Improvement inAdjustable (lard-Holders 5 and I do hereby declare that the following isa full, clear, and exact description thereof, reference being had to theaccompanying drawing through letters of of reference marked thereonforming part ot' this specication, in which- Figure 1 represents a faceview of a card-holder constructed according to my invention. Fig. 2 is across-section of the same taken on the line v :v of Fig. 1, and Fig. 3is alongitudinal section taken on the line y y of Fig. 1.

The same letters indicate like parts in all the iigures.

The object of this invention is to afford a simple and adjustable mea-nsfor holding' advertisingcards or bills of different sizes upon cars,walls of rooms, or elsewhere, instead of nailing them to the same, as isnow generally the practice, and whereby they may be readily detached andothers substituted in their places, when desired, and it provides forthe insertion and retention of bills, cards, or the like, of diiierentsizes.

Referring to the accompanying drawing, A represents the main board,constructed of iron, brass, wood, or other suitable material, againstwhich the card or bill to be posted rests. On

the top of this mainboard is a cap or cover, D,

preferably of sheet metal, to shield the bill in wet weather when it isexposed out of doors. Immediately below this cap D is a clamp, B, ex-

tending crosswise of the main board A, to which it is. hinged at itsupper inner edge at o, and pressed to the same along its lower edge by aspring, d. In each side of this main boa-rd A are grooves a to carry theguides b b, which are connected by a bar or strip, E, and to which thelower clamp C is hinged and pressed down on the board A by a spring, d',so that the lower clamp (l and bar E, with the guides b b, can slide upand down the main board A to suit any length of bill desired to beposted. On the face of this main boa-rd A is a number of small grooves,e, eXtendings lengthwise of the same, into which the projecting pointsff in the edges of the upper and lower clamps are arranged to enter, soas to pierce the edges of the bill or card, and thereby more securelyhold it in place. The clamps B (l are each furnished on their uppersides with a lip or strip of metal, g g, whereby to lift them andfacilitate the removal of bills or cards for the substitution of otherswhen necessary. IV hen the bill is to be inserted the clamp B isoperated by passing the thumb or linger under the lip g and lifting thesame, and when the top edge of the bill or card is pushed underneath asfar as desired the clamp is allowedto spring back to its place, so thatthe points j' penetrate and retain it in place. The bar E, carrying theclamp C is then slid up the main board suiiieiently high to cover thelower edge, when, by raising the clamp (l, the points f will secure thelower edge in like manner. By this arrangement any sized bill may beposted on the same board or holder. Instead ofthe pointsj'f and groovese a serrated edge on the clamp, or other medium. to insure a rm hold onthe bill or card, may be substituted.

IVhat is here claimed, and desired to be secured by Letters Patent, is-

The combination, with the board A, of the hinged stationary clamp B, andthe adjustable clamp (l, substantially as shown and described, for thepurpose set forth.

EDWARD STEWART.

lVitnesse-s:

B. T. WISE, GEO. F. KIEL.

